Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- 中式 Zhōng shì: 中式 Zhong1 shi4: Chinese style中式 zhòng shì: 中式 zhong4 shi4: to pass the imperial examinations
- lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power
- main force; main strength of an army
- corps; legion
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- ripple; corrugation
- driving school; abbr. for 駕駛學校|驾驶学校
- deep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)
- subtle
- on stage; to go on stage; to take the field
- to merge; to annex
- slave; fig. flunkey
- to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
- (lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- (man a post and) defend
- feelings and sensibilities; sentiment and face; sensitivity to other's feelings
- (idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances
- to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy
- dependable
- to break one's promise
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
- grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- to be grateful
- see 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4]; see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2 zhou1 Zhen4]
- reliable; trustworthy
- (idiom) wide-ranging and profound
- net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
- on-site
- strange person; eccentric
- song
- glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around